N.A.S. Board Seeks To Bring Expertise to Issues of Testing

WASHINGTON--A permanent board on testing and assessment that was
created by the National Academy of Sciences has met for the first
time.

Members said they outlined no specific agenda at the Sept. 22-24
meeting here. The group's overall charge, however, is to bring its
scientific expertise to bear on issues of testing, not only in
education but also in the workplace and the armed services. (See
Education Week, June 23, 1993.)

Richard C. Atkinson, the chancellor of the University of California
at San Diego, chairs the 23-member panel. Richard J. Shavelson, a
professor of education and statistics at the University of California
at Santa Barbara, and Constance B. Newsman, the Smithsonian
Institution's undersecretary, are vice chairmen.

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